Handle for shovels, spades, and other tools.



F. SKELTON.

HANDLE FOB SHOVELS, SPADES, AND OTHER TOOLS. APPLIOATIOH rump 111111111 a.

914,678. Patented Mar. 9, 1909.

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UNITED PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK SKELTON, OF HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDWARD W. MCOARTY,.OF NEW YORK, N.

HANDLE non snovnns, sminns, AND ornnn icons.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 9, 1909.

Application filed May is, 1908. Serial at. 483,346.

han es for shovels, spades and other tools,

and comprises a transverse wood handle part, having reduced ends which fit into round transverse openings in metallic caps, or shells, a vertical handle, or trunk, having an enlargement, bifurcated tapering ends, or branches, extending from the enlarged part, fit into tapered openings in said caps, and c'onti uous with the ends of the transverse hand c, said ta ered openin s being closed at their upper on s, and all hel ri idly together y meansof rivets through t e transverse handle and through said enlarged root part,

' or commencement, of the bifurcated ends,

provide a bifureate handle for shovels and the like, whereby the several composite arts or branches.

The objects of m invention are first,- to

shall be even, smooth and rigid, one wit the other, second, to provide means to prevent the possible splitting of the transverse member of the handle, third, to provide means for inclosing the ends of the bifurcated members of the handle, thereby reventing the weather from interfering wit said ends or an protuberance of the same, fourth, to e arge the commencement or root of the bifurcated part of the vertical handle or trunk, to prevent splittin and fifth, to provide .a 'bifurcated hand e which shall be strong, durable, comparatively light and easily handled. I attain these 0b ects by drawing, in which:

the device disclosed in the accompanying Fi re 1 is'an elevation of the u per part of a andle for'shovels, spades an the ike. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation'of the same.

Fig. 3 is aside elevation of the samen Fig.

4 is an enlar ed elevation of a detached cap, or cover. ig. 5 is a sectional elevation of Fig. 4 of the drawin Fig. 6 is an end elevation of Fig. 4 of 518 drawing as viewed from the inner side of the cap. r

versely t Similar characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawing A is the vertical member or trunk, of the handle, and B are the bifurcated members or branches thereof, which taper from the commencement C, of the bifurcations to the ends thereof.

D, is a rivet through the branches B, to

hold the same together, and is common, the

parts of the handle around the rivet D, and

above and below the root C, of the branches Bare enlarged to strengthen said arts.

E is the transverse memberof t e handle, the ends of which are round, and-reduced to fit snugly into the round inner end transverse openings, in the caps F. The shoulders 2 formed by the reduced ends 3 of the member E fit closely to the inner face 4 of the caps F.

The end caps F, are of substantially cupshaped design and are 0 en at, the bottom,

his feature is new and closed atthe top. and important, said openings are lar er at the bottom than at the top, to admit t e tapering ends of the branches B, said ends butt against the closed top of the caps, and are inclosed-therein, thereby inclosing the ends of the branches against the Weather, in order, that in consequence, there shall be no pos-' sible rotuberance of the end wood of the branc ies B, thereby avoiding any possible rough and jagged ends of Wood, on the transverse handle.

H is a common rivet through the trans:

verse handle E, the branches B, and the caps- F, to hold the same rigidly together.

The end caps F,having closedupper ends,

to completely inclose the end parts of the branches B, this'feature is a decided improvement and addition to my Canada Pat- 'ent No. 104,844 dated 23rd. of April 1907,

and my United States Patent, Number 888,541, dated May 26, 1908.

, What I claim as. my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

.1. A tool handle comprising a hand-grip having its'endportions reduced, a bifurcated shank having tapering arms, said arms having enlargled portions, a bolt extending transrough said portions, ferrules fitted on the reduced endsof said hand-grip and meeting flush with the surface of said grip, the tapered ends of said arms fitting withln and wholly concealed by said ferrules,iand a said bifurcated shank, and a rivet assing rivet passing through said arms, hand-grip through said ferrules, the bifurcate shank 10 and ferrules. 1h d1 h b f and hand-grip.

2. a too an e, t e com ination 0 a 5 handrip, a bifurcated shank providing FREDERICK SKELTON' arms, 0 osed cup-shaped ferrules on the ends Witnesses: of said hand-grip, adapted to receive and RICHARD BUTLER, completely conceal the ends 'of the arms of JOHN H. HENDRY. 

